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Radical Party of Chile Partido Radical de Chile
Leader	Carlos Maldonado
Secretary-General	Mauricio Andrews
Chief of Deputies	Alexis Sepúlveda
Founded	18 August 1994; 30 years ago (1994-08-18) (as Social Democrat Radical Party)
Merger of	Radical Party and Social Democracy Party
Headquarters	Miraflores 495 Santiago
Youth wing	Juventud Radical
Membership (2023)	26,327 (10th)
Ideology	Radicalism Social liberalism Social democracy
Political position	Centre to centre-left
National affiliation	Everything for Chile Democratic Socialism New Social Pact (2021) Constituent Unity (2020 to 2021)
Regional affiliation	COPPPAL
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colours	Red
Chamber of Deputies	4 / 155
Senate	0 / 50
Regional Councils	12 / 278
Mayors	9 / 345
Communal Councils	171 / 2,252
Website
partidoradical.cl
Politics of Chile Political parties Elections

The Radical Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Radical de Chile), is a classical radical political party in Chile. The party has also been referred to as liberal, social-liberal, and social-democratic.

The party is a member of Socialist International and participant in the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean.

History

The party was founded as the Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Socialdemócrata) on 18 August 1994 out of a union between the Radical Party and the Social Democracy Party, both of which had received poor results in the parliamentary elections. The party re-adopted its historic name in 2018.

The party supported Ricardo Lagos in the 1999–2000 presidential elections, who won 48.0% in the first round and was elected with 51.3% in the second round. At the 2001 legislative elections, the party won as part of the Concertación six out of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate. This changed at the 2005 legislative elections to seven and one, respectively. In 2009, it won five congress seats and one senate seat.

Executive board

The current party executive assumed in August 2018.

Leaders of the PR (1994–present)

Election results

Due to its membership in the Concert of Parties for Democracy, the party has endorsed the candidates of other parties on several occasions. Presidential elections in Chile are held using a two-round system, the results of which are displayed below.

Presidential elections

See also

• Liberalism and radicalism in Chile
• List of political parties in Chile

References

1. "Total de afiliados a partidos políticos – Servicio Electoral de Chile".
2. Bizzarro, Salvatore (2005). Historical Dictionary of Chile (Third ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 559.
3. Lamb, Peter; Docherty, James C. (2006). Historical Dictionary of Socialism (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 314.
4. Meyer, Peter J. (2010), Chile: Political and Economic Conditions and U. S. Relations, Congressional Research Service, p. 17
5. "Partidos miembros de la Internacional Socialista" [Member parties of the Socialist International] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
6. ^ Fuentes, Daniela Andrea; Jara, María Ovalle; Carpim, Karim Pavez; Pollmann, Sofía (2002). "Análisis del Discurso del Partido Radical Socialdemócrata" [Analysis of the Radical Social Democratic Party Speech] (PDF) (in Spanish).
7. John L. Rector Ph.D., ed. (2019). The History of Chile, 2nd Edition. ABC-CLIO. p. 23.
8. Snow, Peter G. "Radicalismo Chileno: Historia y Doctrina del Partido Radical". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
9. Aggio, Alberto (2008). "La Cultura Política del Radicalismo Chileno en clave de la Revolución pasiva" [The Political Culture of Chilean Radicalism in the Key of the Passive Revolution]. Política y culturas políticas en América Latina (in Spanish) (70): 141–168. ISSN 1134-2277. JSTOR 41320072.
10. Pribble, Jennifer (2013), Patterns of Legislative Politics: Roll-Call Voting in Latin America and the United States, Cambridge University Press, p. xv
11. Siavelis, Peter (2006). "Chapter 1: Accommodating Informal Institutions and Democracy in Chile". In Helmke, Gretchen; Levitsky, Steven (eds.). Informal Institutions and Democracy: Lessons from Latin America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780801883514. OCLC 62282010.
12. "Extracto" (PDF). 2018-08-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
13. ^ "Tombolini renunció a la presidencia del PRSD". EMOL. 7 January 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
14. "Renuncia presidente del PRSD por traspié en Consejo Nacional". Nacion.cl. 4 April 2004. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
15. ^ "Silva Cimma quedó en la presidencia del PRSD". La Nación. 20 May 2004. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
16. ^ "Tras dura crítica de Frei, Gómez renuncia a presidencia del Partido Radical". EMOL. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
17. ^ "José Antonio Gómez renunció a la presidencia del Partido Radical". EMOL. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
18. ^ "Meza oficializa renuncia y Gómez reasumirá presidencia del PRSD". EMOL. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
19. ^ Partido Radical Socialdemócrata. "Ricardo Navarrete asume presidencia del PRSD". Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
20. ^ "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile - Presidenta Bachelet designa nuevo Embajador en Colombia".
21. http://impresa.elmercurio.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2014-08-05&dtB=05-08-2014%200:00:00&PaginaId=2&bodyid=3 Ernesto Velasco asume presidencia del PRSD

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Country Studies. Federal Research Division.

External links

• Official website

• 1994 establishments in Chile
• Full member parties of the Socialist International
• Liberal parties in Chile
• Political parties established in 1994
• Radical parties in Chile
• Radical Party of Chile
• Social liberal parties
• Social democratic parties